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Army ROTC -Part 1

© Shauna Zamarripa

The Army ROTC Four-Year Program Army ROTC provides college-trained officers for the Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard. The Army ROTC program is offered at more than 600 colleges and universities throughout the nation. As the largest single source of Army officers, the ROTC program fulfills a vital role in providing mature young men and women for leadership and management positions in an increasingly technical Army. Though the Army is getting smaller it still needs thousands of new officers each year. The following ROTC's benefits remain intact: training, challenges, excitement, money, career preparation and post-college employment.

General Eligibility Requirements You must meet the following general eligibility requirements to receive an Army ROTC scholarship.  Be a United States citizen.  Be 17 years of age by October 1, 1999, and must not reach your 27th birthday by June 30 of the year in which you will graduate from college and receive your commission. If you have prior active duty military service, you may be eligible for extension of this age requirement - the age is extended 1 year for each 1 year of military service. The maximum extension is 3 years which means you must be under 30 years of age on June 30, 2003.  Be a high school graduate or possess an equivalent certificate before September 1999. If you are taking or have taken college courses, you must be considered a beginning Freshman and have 4 academic years remaining for a baccalaureate degree upon enrollment in the fall of 1999.  If you are in an accelerated program and will complete your senior year of high school and first year of college concurrently - you must have 4 academic years remaining in an approved baccalaureate degree program upon enrollment in the fall of 1999.  Have no moral obligations or personal conviction that will prevent you from - 1. Supporting and defending the Constitution of the United States against all enemies - foreign and domestic. 2. Conscientiously bearing arms.  Satisfactorily explain any record of arrest and/or civil conviction.  Receive at least a minimum SAT score of 920 or an ACT composite score of 19. Obligations If you are selected for an U.S. Army ROTC scholarship, you are required to - 1. Sign a contract with the Secretary of the Army. If you are 17 years of age when you enroll, your parents or guardian must also sign this contract. If you are 18 or older, only your signature is required. This contract contains a requirement to repay the United states Government for all financial aid received. If after you begin your sophomore year, you fail to comply with the term of the contract. This repayment may be monetary or in the form of enlisted service. The choice rests with the Army and not the scholarship cadet.

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